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Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & ProjectBlast Off to Learn New Words
Boost vocabulary by taking an imaginary trip into space. After a lunar “landing,” children return to Earth with a galaxy of new words.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 5 | Podcast EpisodeCelebrate Life
Birthdays hold a special place in families’ hearts. Celebrate that special day with two breathtaking birthday-themed books by talented author-illustrator Debra Frasier.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & ProjectCooking and Creating in the Kitchen
After reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin, have a "Muffin Party"! Children will write invitations, follow a recipe, and enjoy sharing their homemade muffins.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Tip & How-ToEngaging the Five Senses to Learn About Our World
The outside world shapes children’s development through experiences that they have, which include using their five senses—hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Drawing a child’s attention to the five senses and discussing them increases understanding of and communication about the world around us.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Printout | Learning New SkillsExploring the Five Senses
This printout helps engage children in the thinking about how their five senses contribute to their understanding of and communication about their world.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & ProjectFantastically Fun Word Families
Use the Word Mover mobile app to play with word families and listen for rhyme, then sort real and nonsense words, alphabetize the words, and create a story or poem using the words.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 2 | Activity & ProjectFriendship: Exploring Similarities and Differences
After reading a book about friendship, children will reflect on one of their own friendships and look at how they are like their friends and maybe how they are different.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 5 | Podcast EpisodeGuys Read
Get the guy in your life excited about books with these great suggestions for boy readers.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 12 | Tip & How-ToHow to Encourage Higher Order Thinking
Practicing Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills outside of school will give kids the tools that they need to understand, infer, connect, categorize, synthesize, evaluate, and apply the information they know to find solutions to new and existing problems.

Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades K – 8 | Activity & ProjectLet's Go On A Poetry Walk!
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you’re surrounded by brilliant shades of green! Observe and collect sensory images from nature and use the sights, sounds, smells, and textures to create original nature poetry.